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  • Behaviour of Materials in Fire
    Article - 26 Mar 2002
    Several factors affect fire spreading in domestic fires such as ignition, thermal inertia, heat release rates and smoke and gas generation by materials present. The measurement of heat release rates...
  • An Overview of Gadolinium
    Article - 18 Dec 2001
    Marignac first isolated gadolinia, an oxide of gadolinium (Gd), in 1880. Then, in 1886, Lecoq de Boisbaudran successfully separated the element from Mosander’s “yttria.”
  • Silica - Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
    Article - 13 Dec 2001
    Silica, or silicon dioxide, is essential in various industries, from electronics to construction, due to its unique properties and abundant availability.
  • ElectroActive Polymers - EAPs
    Article - 17 Sep 2001
    Electroactive polymers (EAPs) are those, which respond to external electrical stimulation by displaying a significant shape or size displacement. They have shown promise to mimic the movements of...
  • Polyphenylene Sulphide - PPS 30% Carbon Fibre Reinforced
    Article - 7 Sep 2001
    Exceelent mechanical properties combined with good friction coefficient against steel than glass reinforced grades. Relative advantages, disadvantages and applications are listed together with a table...
  • Surface Treatments for Ceramics
    Article - 27 Aug 2001
    Surface treatments such as ion implantation, ion beam mixing, laser processing, PVD, CVD and laser alloying are being applied to monolithic ceramic materials to improve surface properties so that they...
  • Tungsten
    Article - 28 Jul 2001
    Tungsten has the highest melting point (3410°C) and the highest tensile strength at temperatures over 1650°C of all the metals. It is used for lamp filaments, x-ray targets, aerospace applications and...
  • An Overview of Mercury
    Article - 23 Jul 2001
    Ancient Chinese and Hindus were familiar with mercury (Hg). The metal was also found in Egyptian tombs of 1500 BC. Mercury rarely occurs as such in nature.
  • An Introduction to Cobalt
    Article - 20 Jul 2001
    Cobalt is a brittle, hard metal white in appearance resembling nickel but with a bluish tinge instead of the yellow of nickel. It imparts hardness to steels and alloys. Radioactive cobalt 60 has many...
  • An Insight to Cadmium
    Article - 20 Jul 2001
    In 1817, German chemist Friedrich Strohmeyer discovered cadmium from an impurity of zinc carbonate (ZnCO3). Cadmium derives from the Latin term ‘cadmia’ and the Greek word ‘kadmeia’, which are ancient...

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